02-12-2004 12:06									#31
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I'm sure they just picked arbitrary times. Probably 12 and 5/6. In any case, they clearly know their target demographic

	02-12-2004 12:17									#32
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I find that funny. You have a programmer siting at his desk and thinks, "What if we do this and add that???"

	02-12-2004 12:29									#33
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Yeah, they get bored and do stuff, but the bugs remain. Really cool.

	02-12-2004 19:21									#34
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quote: Originally posted by justjake73 Just saw it, 12:15 AM

	02-12-2004 19:25									#35
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BTW I have been meaning to look this up:

"Elvis Presley's Birthday - January 8, 1935"

In case anyone wants to play a regicide game on that day

	02-12-2004 20:25									#36
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quote: Originally posted by Modo44 Yeah, they get bored and do stuff, but the bugs remain. Really cool.

Yeah, bugs are way easier to fix than adding brief lines of text!

	02-12-2004 21:32									#37
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quote: Originally posted by punkbass2000 Yeah, bugs are way easier to fix than adding brief lines of text!

I take that as sarcasm. Right?

Well, bugs are difficult to find, true. But introducing numerous witty brief lines of text doesn't really help finding bugs, does it?

	02-12-2004 21:36									#38
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I doubt it hurts. How many different things have found so far, a dozen? Probably didn't take up more than five minutes and could easily enough have already been overtime or even free time sacrificed. I'm just saying that I recognize that C3C is buggy, but this is probably not a great influence on that fact and that it generally bothers me how often people complain about it, but to each their own.

	02-12-2004 22:46									#39
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quote: Originally posted by conmcb25 BTW I have been meaning to look this up: "Elvis Presley's Birthday - January 8, 1935" In case anyone wants to play a regicide game on that day

Or simply change your computer's date to that date the next time you re playing regicide

	07-12-2004 18:57									#40
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quote: Originally posted by joncnunn The bigest Easter Egg in conquests is when you win all nine conquests. There's also some cool city names on some of the lists and cool diplomacy sayings.

Install the RAD video tools and go to Conquests\Art\Movies
there you are

	07-12-2004 23:12									#41
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quote: Originally posted by Modo44 I take that as sarcasm. Right? Well, bugs are difficult to find, true. But introducing numerous witty brief lines of text doesn't really help finding bugs, does it?

Aye I can see how that'd add to all of those clutterings but if those programmers had any common sense they'd type up notes next to those lines stating what those were for.

	08-12-2004 02:23									#42
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quote: Originally posted by Dry Talking about city names, I remember the city of 'not Constantinople' for the Byzantines

A reference to the "They Might Be Giants" song of the same name?

	08-12-2004 02:42									#43
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I have always thought it was a reference to the fact that Byzantium, Constantinople and Istanbul are all pretty much the same city.

	08-12-2004 03:31									#44
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Without question "Not Constantinople" is a reference to They Might Be Giants' "Instanbul (not Constantinople)". TMBG is mainly popular with computer nerds and other geeks, i.e. the same audience as Civ.

	09-12-2004 10:03									#45
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Except that its an old Tin Pan Alley song, which might appeal to history geeks who never heard of TMBG...

	09-12-2004 10:37									#46
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Sure enough...

"Istanbul (Not Constantinople)"
Words by Jimmy Kennedy and Music by Nat Simon
©1953 Chappell & Co. (ASCAP) - All Rights Reserved *

Only a few years before TMBG released the song in 1990.

I hate it when I find out a favorite song is just a cover...

At least I still have David Lee Roth's "California Girls".

	08-01-2005 15:05									#47
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If this isn't an easter egg, then I don't know what is. I have no clue where it came from. Last turn I had the normal Arab King units (a scenario with Mass Regicide). I didn't change any settings. Upon loading the current turn, I saw this - all King units turned into Elvis.

Attachment: elvis.jpg
This has been downloaded 94 time(s).

	08-01-2005 19:49									#48
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Just noticed this in my Sengoku-based PBEM too Was hoping to be first to post, but I can't beat you GMTers

	08-01-2005 20:13									#49
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I hope my Mass Regicide PBEM comes around to me today.

	08-01-2005 22:46									#50
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quote: Originally posted by Firefly Not really easter eggs but some of the city names owe more to Civ fandom than real life history. There was no real ancient Greek city called 'Apolyton' for instance.

Obviously. It's entirely due to the website.

There's "Not Constantinople" and "Mingapulco" and "Thunderfall" too.

	09-01-2005 01:38									#51
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There's a "Mingapulco" in stock Civ?

	09-01-2005 02:15									#52
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quote: Originally posted by Modo44 If this isn't an easter egg, then I don't know what is. I have no clue where it came from. Last turn I had the normal Arab King units (a scenario with Mass Regicide). I didn't change any settings. Upon loading the current turn, I saw this - all King units turned into Elvis.

Thats because Jan 8th is the "kings" birthday.

I think thats the best known "Easter Egg".